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I was forwarded a link to a FB page of a vet who went to Orr Family Farm to assist...she posted photos...horrific, just awful. To see dead horses scattered like leaves amidst the unidentifiable...

Try hitsshows.com I've seen the downloadable forms there back in winter.

I had a car a few years ago that became home to a sweet little mouse (not!). I discovered her when she ran across my feet while I was tooling along at 50mph, while talking on the phone (with my ear...

I live within the boundaries of a National Scenic Monument--the Columbia River Gorge. This means that development is severely restricted, and land-use laws are mind-boggling along with permitting...

Oh, god, I've been living this Mouse House Truck Nightmare for months now! I have a similar set up with my barely used big truck and mice moving in. My manual became a lovely mouse nest in my glove...

All I can say, as we are in the middle of a refinancing dance, start collecting pay stubs, tax records, bank statements, DNA samples, an extra child to sacrifice--the banks are requiring a staggering...

Thank you for your answers! He's a bit better today--less exertion, too, as I wouldn't let him play fetch last night (mad Wee Pom, mad!). We are in high allergen season here--everything is...

Portland, OR area

Local hay (not "farmed" per se) is $5-$6 a 60lb. bale. This can vary from good quality to weedy, yellow crap. Our local west-side hay is often very high in NSC despite its...

Our Wee Pom has tracheal collapse (diagnosed by vet)--we adopted him last June and he coughed terribly for about a month, but it tapered off over the summer and has not been an issue since August of...

Well, damn! My nose had finally stopped running from my cold+allergies, and then I opened this thread and saw that first photo of the trailer on the road!! Ack! Kings Ransom, this thread has been...

Gosh, this is the most exciting and satisfying thread I've read in a long time!! I'll be checking COTH on my phone today, just to see if Parker arrives on time and to see pictures--Yay KR, so happy...

Awww! What a handsome boy--happy birthday to you, Rey. He looks healthy and happy. Aren't horses the best?! My dear Calvin is 23 this year, and I hope we are together as long as you and Rey have...

I've used a Hug (cheaper version from Dover) on a huge shouldered mare for several years. She rubbed raw in a Weatherbeeta in 3 days. They really do relieve the shoulder area. Cheap enough to give...

Since all pigs have hair, this doesn't actually surprise me. They look very "old fashioned", but I'm pleased that an heirloom species is getting its moment in the modern sun. Multipurpose livestock...

I have a friend who had a hip replacement (early 60's, in very good health, had a nasty buck-off) last fall. She was back in the saddle 4 months post surgery. She has an Antares jump saddle. No...

My 20 yo TB lost his left top incisor last fall. No trauma, no infection...just...gone one morning. Hasn't slowed him down at all, vet is not concerned. If more go loose, then she will act. My...

I remember reading on here a few months past about how little nutrition hay loses, if properly stored (no wet, low sun exposure) and it was super quality to begin with. IIRC it was something like...

Same with kissing one's cat in the Spring. pffft! is right.

Try brushing/shedding a sensitive TB with static cling on a windy day. How do those hairs get INTO your bra?!

I've been the amateur in this situation. Trainer and I talked it over--trainer saying this is a bad match, sorry it didn't work out, what would you like to do? No hand wringing, no recriminations. ...

So happy he's been arrested again. So sad it was because of this--poor animals. Ick, ick, ick.

He was an arrogant bastard when I saw him ride at shows years ago in Oregon/Washington in his nice...

I had a Biarritz and now have an Innovation. What PNWJumper said is right on. I couldn't "get out" of my Biarritz, it sat me in the backseat. It also didn't fit my horse. My County? I love its...

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Horse is on his 5th? ride after a winter off--fat, happy, healthy, vet checked, back happy, etc. He's on a trail ride on a mucky ground. Horse ahead of him...

All barns have an odor, Gloria, but I'm guessing you have more due to your stalls sitting on concrete. Regardless how well fitted your mats are, you get seepage, and the urine sits on concrete,...

I had a horse with one of those...took daily injectable antibiotics to knock it down. It just never, ever came out--graveled I think they call those, just dispersed all over the hoof.

I was doubtful that a front load, high efficiency washer could get dirty, smelly horse blankets clean. They seem to use so little water...but..gosh, they really do! And, even though it seems they...